Illumination – Vehicle steering mechanism or element moves pivoted lamp or... – Tie rod element controlled
Patent
1984-04-12
1985-05-07
Brown, David H.
Illumination
Vehicle steering mechanism or element moves pivoted lamp or...
Tie rod element controlled
49 40, 74 96, 296 1R, 362 66, 362285, 362420, 362428, B60Q 106
Patent
active
045161917
ABSTRACT:
A retractable automobile head-light device including a retractable head lamp mounted through a linkage for movement between a retracted position and an extended position. A lamp cover panel is mounted at the rear end portion on the automobile body for vertical movements and twisting movements. A lamp cover driving mechanism includes a pair of driving links each connected at one end to the lamp cover panel through a lug and at the other end to the linkage so that the lamp cover is swingably moved together with the movement of the head lamp between the extended and retracted positions. The driving link at the laterally outboard side is larger in length than the inboard link and the lugs for the links have a difference in length complementary to the difference in lengths of the driving links. With this mechanism, the lamp cover panel is twisted when it is mounted from the retracted position to the extended position so as to maintain the front edge substantially horizontally even through there is a downward inclination towards outwards in the body contour.
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Moriyama Naomune
Ohtani Fumiyuki
Brown David H.
Mazda Motor Corporation
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